Functional independence, frailty and perceived quality of life in patients who developed delirium during ICU stay: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Survivors of critical illness are frequently left with a long-lasting disability. We hypothesised that patients who developed delirium during ICU stay, compared with patients who did not, would have worse health-related quality of life following a critical illness.

Methods

Prospective longitudinal observational and analytical study assessing functional independence, frailty and perceived quality of life measured with the Barthel Index, the Clinical Frailty Scale, and the SF-36, comparing patients who developed delirium during ICU stay and patients who did not. The questionnaires were used at different times during the follow-up (upon ICU admission, at ICU discharge, at hospital discharge and 2 years after hospital discharge).

Results

In a cohort of 1462 pat

SUBMITTER: Lobo-Valbuena B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10696684 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature